Alfonso II of Aragon

Alfonso II "the Troubadour" of Aragon (25 March 1157-25 April 1196) was the King of Aragon from 1164 to 1196, succeeding Petronilla of Aragon and preceding Pedro II of Aragon.

Biography
Alfonso was the son of Duke Ramon-Berenguer IV of Barcelona and Petronilla of Aragon, coming from the House of Barcelona, a dynasty of Catholic Catalans. At the age of seven he succeeded his mother when she abdicated as Queen of Aragon, and he allied with Alfonso VIII of Castile. He fought against the Kingdom of Navarre and the Moors, and in 1171 he captured Teruel. In the 1168 Treaty of Sanguesa, he divided the Taifa of Teruel between himself and Sancho VI of Navarre, and during his reign he extended Aragonese influence to other countries. He died in 1196.